Abbreviation: AMY: amylase; AP: acute pancreatitis; CASM: conjugation of Atg8 to single membranes; CCK: cholecystokinin; FAEE model: fatty acid and ethanol model; IL6: interleukin 6; LA: linoleic acid; LAP: LC3-associated phagocytosis; LMPO: lung myeloperoxidase; LNCA: LAP-like non-canonical autophagy; MAP1LC3/LC3: microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3; MPO: myeloperoxidase; PMPO: pancreatic myeloperoxidase; POA: palmitoleic acid; WDD: WD40 domain; WT: wild type. The gene discussed is MAP1LC3A; the disease is acute pancreatitis.